$1,398,993.00 for MO HealthNet Pilot Program to help pregnant and postpartum women who are addicted to Opioids to be treated and helped to get off drugs and go through rehabilitation

NOTE: HB 2010 and HB 2011 also include pro-life language giving direction to the Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Director of Social Services not to use tax dollars for abortion services directly or indirectly through abortion providers.

Click here for the full update and information on all the bills we are supporting or opposing.

Life Links

Missouri GOP Rams Through Planned Parenthood Defunding in Budget Vote

Link - Missouri's pro-life super majority passed a budget that will not include public monies for abortion services (see legislative update above). This article illustrates the hatred the abortion industry has for people who tell the truth about abortion. We are very thankful our pro-life majorities in the House and Senate stood up for babies and women.

Link - Advocates for abortion and "sexual rights" have worked for decades to advance their agenda at international institutions, but have never won global consensus.

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Title X's and No's

Link - Despite the government's own data that these grants are ineffective at best (and harmful at worst), District Judge Catherine Blake ruled that HHS's decision to cut $5 million in funding from a Baltimore program was "arbitrary and capricious."

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New York Times Tells Every Lie That Ever Existed About Abstinence Education

Link - Fake news is alive and well - and thriving on the pages of America's biggest newspapers.

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Irish Hollywood stars come out in support of repealing 8th Amendment protecting the preborn

Link - A series of Irish celebrities, including action star Liam Neeson and the band U2, have joined forces to demand that Ireland legalize abortion in its nationwide referendum later this month.

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"Miracle in Mobile": Organs about to be harvested when teen awakes

Link - The remarkable recovery of 13-year-old Trenton McKinley who "came back to life" the day before doctors were going to donate his organs to five children.

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NRLC 2018....48 days and counting

Link - This year the National Right to Life Convention is right next door -- in Overland Park, KS! Have you registered yet?

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AMA Still Says No to Assisted Suicide

Link - The American Medical Association's Ethics Committee reiterated its opposition to legalization in full.

May 12 - St. Louis - Project Rachel Day of Healing and Prayer Retreat.Project Rachel provides free professional and confidential counseling, reconciliation, and spiritual direction with love and compassion for those left wounded by an abortion. Click here for registration information.

May 12 - St. Louis - Defenders of the Unborn will hold a prayer service for all mothers. 10:00 am outside of Planned Parenthood, 4251 Forest Park Ave.

May 13 - Kansas City - Mother's Day is Sunday, May 13. Help us on the behalf of unborn babies and their mothers by ordering Mother's Day carnations. Click here for more information.